Ngqura Port

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Ngqura Port
Data
UN / LOCODE ZA NGQ
owner Republic of South Africa
operator Transnet National Ports Authority
opening 2009
Port type Freight port
Piers / quays 7th
Goods handled Container , bulk goods , general cargo , raw materials ,
Average opening days (year) 362
website www.transnetnationalportsauthority.net (English)
Geographic information
place Nelson Mandela Bay
province Eastern Cape
Country South Africa
Coordinates 33 ° 48 '3 "  S , 25 ° 41' 2"  O Coordinates: 33 ° 48 '3 "  S , 25 ° 41' 2"  O
Ngqura Port (Eastern Cape)
Ngqura Port
Location Ngqura port

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The Port of Ngqura (English: Port of Ngqura ), also harbor Coega is the youngest cargo port in South Africa and was at the Indian Ocean constructed. The word Ngqura comes from the language of the Khoisan and means "ground water". There is also the spelling Ngqurha and other variants.

The operator and administrator for the port is the state-run Transnet National Ports Authority .

Location and general

The port is located at the mouth of the Coega River in Algoa Bay 20 kilometers northeast of the city of Port Elizabeth .

The construction of the port with its adjacent industrial areas as well as their expansion investments are a strategic goal pursued by South African government agencies. It serves to further expand the industrial structure in the Eastern Cape Province .

history

The South African Parliament passed the Port of Ngqura Establishment Act ( Act No. 77/1998 ) as the basis for the construction of the eighth state commercial port . It stipulated that the construction costs would be borne by the transport company Transnet Ltd. are to be worn.

First port construction work began in September 2002. The port of Ngqura officially went into operation in October 2009 with two deep-sea berths for container ships. In the first year of operation, 3.5 million tons of freight, mostly in containerized form , were handled.

Port facilities

Logistics area

Container freight , bulk goods and liquid bulk goods can be loaded in the port facilities . The handling of general cargo is also possible to a limited extent.

The services required for this are provided by Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) for containers all year round and all day and for other bulk goods on weekdays for 24 hours.

The seven active piers offer a water depth between 16 and 18 meters. They can reach a single length of up to 325 meters, where cargo ships with a total length of 340 meters can dock. There are four loading points for container cargo handling, two for bulk goods and general cargo and one for liquid bulk goods.

The port is designed as the main loading point for manganese ore concentrates from the mining area in northern South Africa (around Hotazel ) in order to relieve the Sishen-Saldanha Bay route , which is mainly used for iron ore transport . In this context, there are further investments in manganese ore mining, energy supply and the construction of the railway line around Hotazel.

Coega Industrial Development Zone

Coega Industrial Zone as seen from St. Georg Beach.

Adjacent to the port is an area of ​​11,000 hectares for industrial settlements, which until 2012 was partially developed with its core complex of around 6,500 hectares. This area bears the name Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ), in German about Coega Industrial Development Zone , and serves export-oriented company settlements. It is run by the state-owned Coega Development Corporation (CDC). There are close ties with Nelson Mandela Bay Logistics Park (NMBLP) in Uitenhage , the largest automotive center on the African continent.

The major projects of manganese smelting plants ( ferromanganese ) and an aluminum processing plant are supported and funded by the Coega IDZ . The corresponding basis for this is the development of manganese ore mining in the Northern Cape province around Kuruman and Hotazel .

The main development areas at Coega IDZ include:

Transport links

The port area is accessible to road traffic via the national road N2 with its own access road. There is a rail connection that leads from here to Port Elizabeth and from there is integrated into the national rail network.

The Port Elizabeth International Airport is 22 kilometers away from the port area.

Transnet is making and planning further investments under the name manganese-corridor project to improve the transport of heavy goods from the mining areas in the north of the country. In particular, it is about the expansion of the existing rail network in order to enable axle loads of up to 26 tons with 200-wagon trains. The main line runs from the Hotazel ​​region via Postmasburg , Kimberley , De Aar and Cradock to the Coega Industrial Development Zone on the Indian Ocean. The extension of the route will take place in parallel with the construction of further terminal components in the export port of Ngqura and should be completed in mid-2017. [obsolete] At this point in time, the planned expansion of an annual transport capacity from initially 5.5 million tons to 12 million tons is planned. To this end, 10.8 billion rand will be provided by Transnet Freight Rail in the periods 2012/13 and 2018/19 for the expansion of routes and vehicle technology. The manganese corridor thus forms the third major national infrastructure project in the freight transport sector of Transnet. In addition, some facilities will be relocated from Port Elizabeth to Coega.

Environment and geology

In the course of the construction of plants in the area of ​​the Coega Industrial Development Zone , paleontologists became interested in the fossil-rich marine sediments from the Cretaceous and Neogene, which were comprehensively developed during civil engineering work .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Transnet: Transnet National Ports Authority . on www.transnetnationalportsauthority.net (English).
  2. ↑ Transnet: Ngqura Overview . online at www.transnetnationalportsauthority.net (English, PDF).
  3. ↑ SAnews: R1.3bn investment is good news for E Cape . News from February 24, 2012 ( memento from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) originally on www.sanews.gov.za (English).
  4. ↑ SAnews: E Cape unveils economy boosting projects . News from February 25, 2020 on www.sanews.gov.za (English).
  5. ^ Republic of South Africa: Port of Ngqura Establishment Act . on www.saflii.org (English)
  6. ↑ Development Bank of Southern Africa , Development Planning Division: The State of South Africa's Economic Infrastructure: Opportunities and challenges 2012 . ISBN 978-1-920227-14-2 PDF document p. 37 ( Memento of October 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  7. ↑ Development Bank of Southern Africa, Development Planning Division: The State of South Africa's Economic Infrastructure: Opportunities and challenges 2012 . ISBN 978-1-920227-14-2 PDF document p. 35 ( Memento of October 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  8. ^ Department of Transport: Transport Infrastructure 2017 . at www.transport.gov.za (English), PDF document pp. 19–20.
  9. ^ Coega Industrial Development Zone: Deepwater Port of Ngqura . at www.coega.co.za (English).
  10. ^ Port of Ngqura (Coega) . at www.transmarineshipping.com (English).
  11. ^ A b Eastern Cape Development Corporation: The Coega Industrial Development Zone . at www.ecdc.co.za (English).
  12. ↑ Kalagadi Manganese: Kalagadi Manganese . on www.kalagadi.co.za (English).
  13. ↑ Mail & Guardian: R4.2 billion manganese smelter to boost Coega . News from May 11, 2011 on www.mg.co.za (English).
  14. ^ Coega Development Corporation: Metals . at www.coega.co.za (English).
  15. ↑ Lionel Williams: Kalagadi Manganese's Dream . In: Mining Review Africa, April 1, 2013, p. 23, online at www.arcelormittalsa.com (English; PDF; 3.0 MB).
  16. ↑ getnews: R10.8 billion will be invested in manganese corridor project . News from June 24, 2013 on www.getnews.co.za ( Memento from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English).
  17. ^ Transnet moves on plan to build heavy-haul manganese corridor to Coega . News from May 21, 2013 on www.engineeringnews.co.za (English).
  18. ↑ getnews: R10.8 billion will be invested in manganese corridor project . News from June 24, 2013 on www.getnews.co.za ( Memento from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English).
  19. ↑ Martin Zhuwakinyu: Capital approved for new heavy-haul manganese corridor to Coega . News from May 31, 2013 on www.engineeringnews.co.za (English).
  20. ↑ John E. Almond: Kalagadi Manganese Smelter, Coega IDZ, Eastern Cape Province: Desktop Palaeontological Assessment . 2008. at www.sahra.org.za (English; PDF; 85 kB)